In September 2017 (from 0:00 1 September to 24:00 30 September), a total of 656 811 cases of notifiable communicable diseases were reported in China, including 1 826 deaths. No case and death of plague and no death of cholera in class A were reported. No cases and deaths of severe acute respiratory syndrome, diphtheria, poliomyelitis and human infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in class B were reported. For the remaining 22 communicable diseases in class B, 302 725 cases were reported, including 1 820 deaths. The first 5 diseases in term of reported case number were viral hepatitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrhea and bacterial or amoebic dysentery, accounting for 94% of total reported cases in class B.

No case and death of filariasis in class C were reported, and for the remaining 10 communicable diseases in class C, 354 086 cases were reported, including 6 deaths. The first 3 diseases in term of reported case number were hand, foot and mouth disease, other infectious diarrheal diseases and influenza, accounting for 94% of total reported cases in class C.

Division of Infectious Disease, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention